New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-18
NEWSPAPERS BURNED OUT.
HAVE ANARCHISTS BEEN AT WORK.

A BUILDING THAT WONT BURN-PiRE GETTING INTO
ARooM FROM THE OUTSIDE DIES OUT BECAUSE
IT CAN'T SPREAD.
The fve-story brick building at No FRANK,
fort-st in which are the counting, editorial, COM
posing and PIES rooms Of the "New-YoFker EEL
tung," Inventories Herold7 and the New
Yorker Revue German daily, weekly and Sunday
papers, and the composing room Ct "1hc Morning
Journal" was destroyed by fire early yesterday
morning. This is the fifth time within two
months that flames have been discovered in tho
lofts in which the German papers are edited and
published. The first two began in = corner OF
the press room in the basement, and were extin-
guished when tLey, first started. 1hc third was
discovered about 5. o. m, on saturday, April "
In pile of papers on the first hoor OF O sn@i
thrce-stOry building in the rear ana apout zen
feet away from the FIanlSfort-st. structure 1nis
is used as q mailing room and place for storing
files of papers. Notwithstanding the cOmbustfbfS
nature OF the contents Of the place, the Fire De-
partment succeeded in saving the building, and
contning Tire fire to the loft In which 1t started.
week later about the same hour and in almost
the same portion Of the rear building flames were
discovered for the fourth time, and these too.
were fortunately got under control before ma
terlaI damage had been done.
So many fires within such q short time led the
managers of the association which publishes the
German papers to believe that some person or
persons unfriendly to themselvcs or their papers
were attempting to burn them OUT careful
investigation convinced them that the names
In every instance were OF lncendlafy
origin, and yet, having no enemies us
far as they knew, either among their en-
poyes or readers Of their papers, they were puz-
zled to know whom to suspect. Their pubiicA'
tl0ns were politically independent and their edt-
tOrial expressions, they aver, were OF such tone
as not to be calculated to inctc illfeclng in any
quarter While they are personally not In sympa-
thy with the Socialists or Anarchists, they have
always ref ain d, they say from attacking either
the PRINCIPLES or methods of these factions. Moss
of their employees had been with them FIR many
Yeas, and in these they placed unbOunded ooni'
d,ncc.
After the fire on April the attention OF the
Fire Marshal WAS called to The matter. He de-
,tded that spontaneous combustion was most p!oo-
ably the cause on that occasion. Last Saturday,
hc was called in to investigate the origin OF IN:
tame OF that morning and again advanced the
spontaneous combustion theOy. Mcssrs. Woin-
ram, Meyer ard vo'kman, the managers of the
pepcrs, Il sagle eed with him, and authorized tho
publication in seve al morning papers of an oner
Of $500 reward for the detection OF the ncen-
diaries.
printed in the press rooms of the daily rapers
Yesterday nnImng when at As a. IN. a sheet oil
flames wa seen to leap out Of the most easterly
OF the three r,ar windows on the fifth floor of
tbe "Leitung7 establishment. Almost at the
same moment an elevator. which Lad been run up
t. the top floor and left there for the ni-h',
dropped with crash 20 the basement. Tie voJd
work about it a mass Of flames, and as IL went
down the lire was coElnuicitci 10 the OH so'Ked
wood forming the shaft This blazed up so quick
~ that before n fire aaim could be sounded the
entire building seemed to be enyeloped III hames
and the half dozen men in the "Zci.un,'s 81 press
room were forced TO scamper into the street with
out so much rs talsing tine to gather up theft
ct thing The proximity of the buiilin, to sever
nj old md niiammabic st utuies in Frankfort
and Sp uce ste., made the possibility CT
contlapratIon imminent and the tromen therefore
bent their chief efforts TO conining the flames
within the building in which they hal their origin,
rather than 70 saving anything IN the building
itself and this they were successful, after hard
struggle.
fort-st. wing of The TRIBUNE Building. which ad.
Joined the burning structure on the west, proved
an efiectuaI barrier to the progress OF the IRE
flames which came up through the root OF the
ZifupJ establishment was SD intense as 10 make tne
heavy iron shutters on two o. & the waows d on inS
red.hot These ignted the woodwork forming the
window frames and started bazes which soon ex-
hausted themselves on account OF the lack OF ln-
lammable material upon which to feed.
The only wood used in the construction OF the
building is that in the window ana 900 door frames
burn except when subjected 70 the most lntense
heat: The walls, ceilings aud partitions a are OF
the first time that fire has gained foot
hold in the, structure and ,. The narrow u,S
SsTssa %s ou5, Tsfs that Il absolutely epoo %
blaze which started In the fourth foor wlndoW
was communicated to heap of papers on the Sill
the furniture in the Office of the Title Guarantee
and Trust Company. This hre burned nercely Ior
time, but when all the desks; tables ana cnairs
done on that floor outside Of this single room. On
single roon, that occupied by Bacheler Brothers.
M blishers, aud the damage done here wxs even
ef thaa sssdnd IN ss oor S sss g building ud
rs The Morning Journal cemposlrg-ro@m saa tnat
was connected with their Irest; ;FIsssaing room on
cred platform erected between two wtpdOw9 The
passseewsy thns formed wss opsrsd autins ans & nrs
and 81 sTs to
blscken the csditng snd saar the woedworH saa
YET 1t gained hold there. IAs Js.yss! employs s
Sssus s:ysa s1sssn sns ,ssss :: 1'
n: :.I. 1''' .7sSS Ssf.:fS s:, .es...4 y
orHn pied the fourth foo8 ssA posss 10 600 rs
p,sstlalIy insafeN Sestsve Daniel TAs Tenss NJs~
:scs And fke TSyesSev's Sswsat had edfees q ths
lid Aoor. sad eact leses about $1,000
The propresefs of tho Nesc, 9crsr zeisMa. wno
occu pied tAe kesew.ent nrst and afth lofts Hiaos
thar loss ae $28 coo; Insured for $21 600 Ihsy
nave opened temporary sa1os 1T 10 l3 sprnaa-ss.
aud viii have theIs papers printed 6or the present
Th~ huIlding Esleuss 10 the Catherine l. Wcifs
estate and can be ssssaesd sor $laooo~ 1t Was
fully insured.
;usi.s Nh IA nhe ire wus started by inoendiary
say that thoy have No Isascn tas suspea,f.ng any
particular naix'dMal no no tia aamss wan tirsS
seen' Yesterday morning, tiH forsm,an and they
Mace implirit confidence in him. When ne went
sw az at 3:15 O'clock everything appeasem 20 S ~ al